處在

Chinese

		a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
trad. (處在)		處	在
simp. (处在)		处	在

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǔzài

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˇ ㄗㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu³ zoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhú-chāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǔzài
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˇ ㄗㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǔzài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu³-tsai⁴
    • Yale: chǔ-dzài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuutzay
    • Palladius: чуцзай (čuczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyu³ zoi⁶
    • Yale: chyu joih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy³ dzoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qu³ zoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː³³ t͡sɔːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhú-chāi
    • Tâi-lô: tshú-tsāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhwzai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai³³/

Verb

處在

1. to be in (some situation, condition, etc.)

   • 一方面，資產階級分子已經成為公私合營企業中的管理人員，正處在由剝削者變為自食其力的勞動者的轉變過程中。 [MSC, trad.]
     一方面，资产阶级分子已经成为公私合营企业中的管理人员，正处在由剥削者变为自食其力的劳动者的转变过程中。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Yīfāngmiàn, zīchǎn jiējí fènzǐ yǐjīng chéngwéi gōngsī héyíng qǐyè zhōng de guǎnlǐ rényuán, zhèng chǔzài yóu bōxuēzhě biànwéi zìshíqílì de láodòngzhě de zhuǎnbiàn guòchéng zhōng. [Pinyin]

     On the one hand, members of the bourgeoisie have become administrative personnel in joint state-private enterprises and are being transformed from exploiters into working people living by their own labour.

2. to be located in; to be situated at

Synonyms

• (to be in): 處於／处于 (chǔyú), 居於／居于 (jūyú)
• (to be located in): 處於／处于 (chǔyú)